The Board of Education of
Hamilton County Community Unit District No. 10 met in regular session on the
evening of July 20, 2010, 7:00 p.m., in the Unit Office.

The meeting
was called to order by Board President John Ewald.Roll Call was as follows:Present – Danny Anselment, Steve Becker,
Krystal Donelson, Randy Kirsch, Tom Maulding, and John Ewald.

Absent-
Rodney Rubenacker.

Rubenacker
entered the meeting at 7:14 p.m.

Motion
by Anselment, second by Becker to approve the following items under the Consent
Agenda: The minutes from the June 15, 2010 regular board meeting, and the June
23, 2010 special board meeting, the Treasurer’s Report, budget report, and bill
listing, destruction of Executive Session Audio Tapes Older than 18 months per
Code, Final Adoption: Revised Policy IDF. Roll Call Vote –Voting Yes – Becker,
Anselment, Donelson, Kirsch, Maulding, Rubenacker, and Ewald.Motion carried.

CORRESPONDENCE
– The Board received a thank you card from the Joe Swartz family for the
purchase of a book in memory of their father.Also, Flossie Webb thanked the Board for the use of a projector for a
recent class reunion.

VISITORS – Mayor Dick Dietz and
Lovella Craddock were present to ask the Board for their approval to host a
class reunion at the Jr./Sr. High School in 2012 for years 1927 to
current.The Board verbally approved the
request with the consideration of being updated as the event is planned.

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT - Status

Mr. Mitchell updated the Board on
various financial budget cuts that the ISBE is making that will affect the
District such as:Ag Education, Reading
Improvement Block Grant, ADA Block Grant and the School Breakfast
Incentive.Mr. Mitchell also stated that
regular student transportation is being cut 20% for FY’11.

Mr. Mitchell stated that the State
still owes the District in mandated categoricals and grants $860,515.

Motion by Anselment, second Maulding to approve
to accept bid quotes from the following vendors: CRS, Bears, Fox River Foods and Sysco
for cafeteria supplies for the first semester of 2010-2011.Roll Call Vote- Voting Yes – Anselment,
Maulding, Becker, Donelson, Kirsch, Rubenacker, and Ewald.Motion carried.

Mr. Mitchell discussed building and
grounds items including:The removal of
the moisture issue that was caused by a steam leak at the East Side school.Mr. Mitchell stated that the repairs are
being made and that air quality samples have been taken.Mr. Mitchell told the Board that some
Health/Life Safety requests from the State Board have been denied including
electrical work at East Side and the use of extension cords to ceiling projectors at the high school
so the District will have to repair at their own expense.The gas leak at the athletic field by the
green house has been repaired.

The Race to the Finish Committee has
funds to expand concrete sidewalks around a portion of the north and west side
of the track in the next few weeks.

NEW BUSINESS-

Motion by Donelson, second by Kirsch to approve
the revised job description for teacher aides. Vote was taken by voice and motion carried.

Mr. Mitchell briefly discussed the
FY’10 tentative final budget.

Motion by Becker, second by Kirsch to
approve the 2010-2011 Athletic Handbook and Drug Testing Policy with suggested
changes created by adoption of Policy IDF.Vote was taken by voice and motion carried.

Motion by Anselment, second by Rubenacker
to reject acceptance of students from EldoradoElementary School through the NCLB ‘school choice’
requirement.Vote was taken by voice and
motion carried.

Motion by Kirsch, second by Anselment to
enter in to executive session at 8:30 p.m. to discuss appointment, employment,
compensation, and performance of specific employees; pending litigation; and
the review of executive session minutes for the January through June, 2010
board meetings. Roll Call Vote – Voting
Yes – Kirsch, Anselment, Becker, Donelson, Maulding, Rubenacker, and
Ewald.Motion carried.

Motion
by Becker, second by Maulding to approve the minutes from executive
session.Vote was taken by voice and
motion carried.

Motion by Becker, second by Donelson to accept
the letter of resignation from Denise Barker, cashier, effective at the end of
the 2009-2010 school year.Vote was
taken by voice and motion carried.

Motion by Anselment second by Maulding to approve
the 4 year notice of retirement from Cyndi Warren, teacher, for retirement at
the end of the 2013-2014 school year.Vote was taken by voice and motion carried.

Motion by Kirsch, second by Donelson to
approve Marty Cox and Bryan Warren as volunteer Golf coaches for the 2010-2011
school year.Vote was taken by voice and
motion carried.

Motion by Anselment, second by Maulding to
re-appoint Jim Webb and Brenda McPeak as Head Teachers at East Side and Pre-school, respectively, for
the 2010-2011 school year.Vote was
taken by voice and motion carried.

Motion by Becker, second by Kirsch to re-employ
Deana Meade as a P.E. Monitor assigned to East SideSchool for the 2010-2011 school year.Roll Call Vote – Voting Yes – Becker, Kirsch,
Anselment, Donelson, Maulding, Rubenacker, and Ewald.Motion carried.

Motion by Rubenacker, second by Maulding to re-employ
Susan Mosby as an assistant nurse assigned to East SideSchool for the 2010-2011 school year.Roll Call Vote – Voting Yes – Rubenacker,
Maulding, Anselment, Becker, Donelson, Kirsch, and Ewald.Motion carried.

Motion by Becker, second by Anselment to
authorize to advertise for an assistant football coach position for the
2010-2011 school year.Vote was taken by
voice and motion carried.

Motion by Kirsch, second by Maulding to
authorize to advertise for a head cook position assigned at East SideSchool, a cooks position and a part-time
cashier position for the 2010-2011 school year.Vote was taken by voice and motion carried.

Motion by Becker, second by Anselment to
schedule a special school board meeting on Tuesday, August 10,
2010 at 7:00 p.m.Vote was taken by voice and motion carried.

Motion by Donelson, second by Maulding to
release only the January 29 and June 15, 2010 executive session minutes for public
display.Vote was taken by voice and
motion carried.

Motion by Becker, second by Donelson to
adjourn.Vote was taken by voice, motion
carried and the meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m.